1989 Labatt Brier

March 2026 1989 Labatt Brier Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Place March 5–12http://www.curlingzone.com/forums/soc.php?view=Main&eventid=88 1989 Labatt Brier CurlingZone https://web.archive.org/web/20050306191103/http://www.curlingzone.com/forums/soc.php?view=Main&eventid=88 March 6, 2005 Ottewell CC, Edmonton Pat Ryan Randy Ferbey Don Walchuk Don McKenzie Murray Ursulak (Rick Folk) 151,538 1988 1990 The 1989 Labatt Brier, the Canadian men's curling championship, was held from March 5 to 12 at the Saskatchewan Place in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.http://cdn.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/1989_Labatt_Brier.pdf Labatt Brier Archived Statistics Canadian Curling Association 2011-12-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20120516152056/http://cdn.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/1989_Labatt_Brier.pdf 2012-05-16 dead Pat Ryan of Alberta defeated Rick Folk of British Columbia to win his second Brier. "The Ryan Express" Pat Ryan's team was well known for its hitting style. Once they got the lead, the team would just peel off every opposition stone to win the game. This defensive strategy was heavily criticized for being boring. Whenever Ryan switched to this style of play, fans began shouting "bor-ing". However, the strategy worked for Ryan, who won the Brier. The score of the final game (3–2), remains the lowest total score for a final game in Brier history. This caused the implementation of the free guard zone a few years later to cause more offence in the game.Weeks Bob Bob Weeks The Brier: The History of Canada's Most Celebrated Curling Championship 1995 Gage Learning Corporation 978-0-7715-7544-0 201–204 Howard loses his voice Also of note at the 1989 Brier was Ontario skip Russ Howard's loss of his voice. Howard was nicknamed "the Wounded Moose" for the way he screamed in the first few draws of the event. However, he would lose his voice by Tuesday, and could barely speak. So, the team opted to use Walkie-talkies to communicate with their skip. This went unnoticed until their walkie-talkie signals jammed the official's walkie-talkie signals. The Canadian Curling Association (CCA) was quite upset about the matter, but Howard pointed out there was nothing in the rules against their usage, and insisted on continuing to use the walkie-talkies. So, the CCA decided midway through the event to ban the use of walkie-talkies, marking the first time that the rules had been changed in the middle of a tournament.Weeks Bob Bob Weeks Curling for Dummies, 2nd Edition 2006 John Wiley & Sons Canada, Ltd. Mississauga, Ontario 978-0-470-83828-0 107 Teams The teams were listed as follows:1989 Labatt Brier https://stats.curling.io/brier/1989 Curling Canada Stats Archive Curling Canada 28 February 2024 white AlbertaBritish ColumbiaManitobaOttewell CC, Edmonton Skip: Pat Ryan Third: Randy Ferbey Second: Don Walchuk Lead: Don McKenzie Alternate: Murray UrsulakKelowna CC, Kelowna Skip: Rick Folk Third: Bert Gretzinger Second: Rob Koffski Lead: Doug Smith Alternate: Fred TrussellLac du Bonnet CC, Lac du Bonnet Skip: Orest Meleschuk Third: John Usackis Second: John Hyrich Lead: Sean Meleschuk Alternate: Bob LeskoNew BrunswickNewfoundlandNorthern OntarioThistle St. Andrews CC, Saint John Skip: Gary Mitchell Third: Brian Dobson Second: Mark Armstrong Lead: Terry Roach Alternate: Arnie DobsonSt. John's CC, St. John's Skip: Lorne Henderson Third: Alex Smith Second: Peter Hollett Lead: Marc Brophy Alternate: Ken ThomasFort William CC, Thunder Bay Skip: Al Hackner Third: Bill Adams Second: Jim Adams Lead: John Salo Alternate: Keith DolphNova ScotiaOntarioPrince Edward IslandTruro CC, Truro Skip: Ragnar Kamp Third: Bruce Lohnes Second: Rod McCarron Lead: Peter Neily Alternate: Ted LohnesPenetanguishene CC, Penetanguishene Skip: Russ Howard Third: Glenn Howard Second: Tim Belcourt Lead: Kent Carstairs Alternate: Larry MerkleyCharlottetown CC, Charlottetown Skip: Doug Weeks Third: Blair Weeks Second: Roy Rodd Lead: David Weeks Alternate: Allan LedgerwoodQuebecSaskatchewanYukon/Northwest TerritoriesBuckingham CC, Buckingham Skip: Pierre Charette Third: Andre Lafleur Second: Don Westphal Lead: Richard Bisson Alternate: Ted ButlerEstevan CC, Estevan Skip: Jim Packet Third: Bob Doerr Second: Lloyd Schmidt Lead: Dallas Duce Alternate: Peter ShykitkaYellowknife CC, Yellowknife Skip: Al Delmage Third: Roy Giles Second: Bill Strain Lead: Ron Kapicki Alternate: Brad Robertson Map of teams left 400 200 Canada 650 10px Provincial Winners Canada 53.53 -113.49 Black pog.svg 80 top Ryan Canada 49.89 -119.50 Black pog.svg 80 top Folk Canada 50.25 -96.06 Black pog.svg 80 top Meleschuk Canada 45.28 -66.08 Black pog.svg 80 bottom Mitchell Canada 47.48 -52.80 Black pog.svg 80 left Henderson Canada 48.40 -89.27 Black pog.svg 80 top Hackner Canada 45.36 -63.28 Black pog.svg 80 right Kamp Canada 44.77 -79.93 Black pog.svg 80 top Howard Canada 46.24 -63.50 Black pog.svg 80 top Weeks Canada 45.58 -75.42 Black pog.svg 80 top Charette Canada 49.14 -102.99 Black pog.svg 80 top Packet Canada 62.45 -114.37 Black pog.svg 80 top Delmage Round-robin standings Final Round Robin standings KeyTeams to Playoffs LocaleSkipW Games wonL Games lostPF Points forPA Points againstEW Ends wonEL Ends lostBE Blank endsSE Stolen endsS% Shot percentage Pat Ryan 8 3 60 51 39 36 12 7 82% Rick Folk 8 3 62 56 43 40 15 11 81% Russ Howard 8 3 67 51 47 40 6 16 80% Lorne Henderson 7 4 64 64 41 44 7 7 75% Orest Meleschuk 7 4 65 58 45 43 12 7 79% Ragnar Kamp 7 4 65 45 46 31 8 16 77% Jim Packet 6 5 67 53 40 38 15 12 81% Pierre Charette 5 6 75 68 46 45 11 8 77% Al Delmage 3 8 55 71 40 43 10 9 72% Al Hackner 3 8 55 75 40 48 6 7 76% Gary Mitchell 2 9 52 73 37 47 7 8 77% Doug Weeks 2 9 54 76 37 46 6 5 75% Round-robin results Draw 1 A (Ryan) 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 (Charette) 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 5 B (Hackner) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 2 (Kamp) 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 6 C (Henderson) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 (Packet) 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 D (Delmage) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2 (Meleschuk) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 X 4 E (Howard) 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 (Mitchell) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 5 Draw 2 A (Howard) 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 6 (Meleschuk) 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 B (Packet) 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 X 9 (Delmage) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 X 6 C (Charette) 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 1 X 8 (Mitchell) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 5 D (Ryan) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 (Henderson) 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 E (Folk) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 X 5 (Weeks) 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 4 Draw 3 C (Packet) 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 9 (Ryan) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 D (Henderson) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 7 (Charette) 2 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 9 Draw 4 A (Henderson) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 6 (Delmage) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 B (Mitchell) 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 X 5 (Folk) 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 9 C (Meleschuk) 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 X 7 (Kamp) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3 D (Howard) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 X 7 (Weeks) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 3 E (Packet) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 (Hackner) 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 7 Draw 5 A (Kamp) 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 (Mitchell) 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 6 B (Weeks) 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 1 X 8 (Meleschuk) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 4 C (Folk) 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 7 (Howard) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 6 D (Charette) 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 3 X X 8 (Hackner) 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 3 E (Delmage) 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X 4 (Ryan) 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 7 Draw 6 B (Delmage) 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 3 (Howard) 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 X 8 C (Mitchell) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 (Meleschuk) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 7 Draw 7 A (Packet) 0 1 0 3 1 4 X X X X 9 (Weeks) 1 0 2 0 0 0 X X X X 3 B (Henderson) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2 (Mitchell) 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 X 7 C (Hackner) 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 8 (Delmage) 0 2 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 9 D (Folk) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 (Ryan) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 3 E (Kamp) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 6 (Charette) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 Draw 8 A (Hackner) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 2 (Folk) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 5 B (Charette) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 6 (Weeks) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 C (Kamp) 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 (Ryan) 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 D (Howard) 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 X 6 (Packet) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X 2 E (Henderson) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 7 (Meleschuk) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 6 Draw 9 C (Hackner) 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 9 (Weeks) 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 7 D (Kamp) 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 X X 4 (Folk) 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 X X 6 Draw 10 A (Charette) 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 (Howard) 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 8 B (Meleschuk) 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 (Ryan) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 C (Delmage) 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 6 (Folk) 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 7 D (Henderson) 3 0 2 4 X X X X X X 9 (Weeks) 0 1 0 0 X X X X X X 1 E (Mitchell) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X 1 (Packet) 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 X X 7 Draw 11 A (Meleschuk) 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 (Packet) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 6 B (Kamp) 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 (Henderson) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 C (Ryan) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 X 6 (Mitchell) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3 D (Hackner) 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2 (Howard) 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 X 4 E (Charette) 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X 4 (Delmage) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 X 7 Draw 12 A (Delmage) 0 0 0 1 0 0 X X X X 1 (Kamp) 2 2 2 0 0 3 X X X X 9 B (Folk) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 4 (Charette) 2 0 5 0 0 1 0 0 3 X 11 C (Meleschuk) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 4 9 (Hackner) 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 D (Weeks) 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 5 (Mitchell) 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 E (Ryan) 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 6 (Howard) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 Draw 13 A (Mitchell) 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 6 (Hackner) 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 8 B (Howard) 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 X 10 (Henderson) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3 C (Weeks) 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 X 6 (Delmage) 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 4 D (Packet) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 X 3 (Kamp) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 X 6 E (Meleschuk) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 (Folk) 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 Draw 14 A (Weeks) 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 8 (Ryan) 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 9 B (Folk) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 (Packet) 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 C (Howard) 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X X 1 (Kamp) 1 3 0 1 1 2 X X X X 8 D (Meleschuk) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 8 (Charette) 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 7 E (Hackner) 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 6 (Henderson) 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 X 8 Draw 15 A (Folk) 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 (Henderson) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 8 B (Ryan) 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 X X X 8 (Hackner) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 2 C (Packet) 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 X 8 (Charette) 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 5 D (Mitchell) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 3 (Delmage) 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 X X 8 E (Weeks) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 (Kamp) 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 8 Playoffs Semifinal Final 2 7 3 4 1 3 2 2 Semifinal C (Folk) 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 X 7 (Howard) 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 4 Player Percentages Doug Smith 83% Kent Carstairs 93% Rob Koffski 65% Tim Belcourt 78% Bert Gretzinger 84% Glenn Howard 81% Rick Folk 80% Russ Howard 64% Total 78% Total 79% Final C (Ryan) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 (Folk) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 Player Percentages Don McKenzie 80% Doug Smith 80% Don Walchuk 85% Rob Koffski 83% Randy Ferbey 79% Bert Gretzinger 76% Pat Ryan 93% Rick Folk 86% Total 84% Total 81% Statistics Top 5 player percentages Round Robin only Leads % SK Dallas Duce 87 AB Don McKenzie 84 NB Terry Roach 84 ON Kent Carstairs 81 NL Marc Brophy 81 Seconds % AB Don Walchuk 84 NL Peter Hollett 81 MB John Hyrich 81 BC Rob Koffski 81 ON Tim Belcourt 80 Thirds % AB Randy Ferbey 81 BC Bert Gretzinger 80 NB Brian Dobson 80 ON Glenn Howard 79 QC Andre Lafleur 79 Skips % BC Rick Folk 81 AB Pat Ryan 81 ON Russ Howard 81 SK Jim Packet 80 MB Orest Meleschuk 77 Team percentages Round Robin only Province Skip % Pat Ryan 82 Jim Packet 81 Rick Folk 81 Russ Howard 80 Orest Meleschuk 79 Gary Mitchell 77 Pierre Charette 77 Ragnar Kamp 77 Al Hackner 76 Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland Lorne Henderson 75 Doug Weeks 75 Al Delmage 72 References 1989 Category:1989 in Canadian curling Category:1989 in sports in Saskatchewan Category:March 1989 sports events in Canada Category:Curling competitions in Saskatoon